Tag: Labor

Historically, most have assumed that Congress meant only for states to be able to pass right-to-work laws. (iStock)

Right-to-work push goes local

Sean Higgins · September 1, 2014 9:00 am

Members of the Service Employees International Union (AP/Seth Perlman)

Minnesota union victory reflects the sorry state of organized labor in America

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2014 11:00 pm

Unions: FairPoint not playing fair in labor talks

David Sharp · August 31, 2014 12:52 pm

Modest, gradual minimum wage hike set to launch in Michigan

Jeff Karoub · August 31, 2014 8:15 am

NYC union: Cops not to blame for drugged-out death

Vanessa Alvarez · August 30, 2014 8:14 pm

In this Aug. 14, 2014 photo, Sophia McIntosh stands for a photo outside a construction site where she works as a shop steward, in New York. The latest federal data shows about 7.1 million Americans were employed in construction-related occupations last year and only 2.6 percent were women. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Few women in construction; recruiting efforts rise

David Crary · August 30, 2014 4:49 pm

President Obama holds up four-month-old Ryan Kelley, of Richmond, R.I., while greeting a gathering shortly after arriving at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, R.I., Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The president traveled to Rhode Island to attend a Democratic fundraiser in Newport on Friday. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Obama on Labor Day: Don’t take rights for granted

Washington Examiner · August 30, 2014 11:25 am

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Labor Day exhausted: 40-hour work week grows to 47-60 hours

Paul Bedard · August 29, 2014 4:04 pm

Los Angeles utility worker shocked by power line

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 10:30 pm

Mass jobless filing for laid-off casino workers

Wayne Parry · August 28, 2014 9:33 pm

Market Basket meat manager Bob Dietz, of Methuen, Mass., center, raises his arms in celebration after watching a televised speech by restored Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas at a store location, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in Chelsea. A six-week standoff between thousands of employees of the New England supermarket chain and management has ended with the news that beloved former CEO Demoulas is back in control after buying the entire company. Demoulas made his speech to workers in Tewksbury, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Workers cheer restored Market Basket CEO

Denise Lavoie · August 28, 2014 8:05 pm

Hoping to avoid the turmoil that plagued the labor movement during the 2008 presidential election, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Thursday the federation's member unions will withhold their presidential endorsements until they all agree on a candidate. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Unions agree to agree on their 2016 presidential candidate

Sean Higgins · August 28, 2014 7:32 pm